Buffy: the Vampire Slayer was a must-watch in my house growing up. My older sister, a diehard fan at the time, would take meticulous care ensuring that the VCR was set up to record for rewatches, and then the two of us, along with my dad, mum, and newborn brother, would collapse on the couch…
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Before you delve into my article, first watch this fantastic book trailer Australian author Max Barry created for his novel Machine Man at the end of last year: This is far and away the best book trailer I’ve ever seen, simply because it blatantly makes the point: what is the point of this? This is…
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Lately I have discovered a new passion of mine. One that I really shouldn’t be admitting to in public, but what can I say, I have no shame. And that passion is terrible B-Grade television shows. The cheesier the better. You know the type – bad acting, bad storylines, and even worse, fake tans. But…
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There’s something about television that differs from other types of narrative. It’s not like a film, that’s over in 90 minutes, or like a book that you can inhale in a night or meander through across months. Instead it’s like a throwback to serialised narratives in journals from the 1800s, a Dickens-esque approach to storytelling…
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The other week I got to watch some Foxtel while I was housesitting for a friend. At home, I never get command of the television and it usually doesn’t bother me. I don’t really watch a lot of television ON television nowadays anyway. This time, however, I definitely got my fill. Four days’ worth of…
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For Bella Gray, working with Noel Fielding, flamboyant co-creator of The Mighty Boosh, still seems like a surreal dream. Employed as a buyer and costume assistant for Fielding’s latest television show, Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, Gray dashed around London, collecting aluminium foil, glitter and neon coloured fabric – anything to support Fielding’s absurdist visual humour….
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The other day I was browsing Tumblr when I noticed a gif from a movie that had been re-blogged by a friend of mine. The gif was from The Sitter and included the star, Jonah Hill, and the woman playing his girlfriend (or, really, the woman he wants to be his girlfriend), Ari Gaynor. The…
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Do we have low standards? The past few weeks have had us questioning the popularity (or lack thereof) of Australian film, literature and culture generally. There’s talk of us still subscribing to ‘Cultural Cringe’, and failing to value Australian cultural products. This analysis has been largely related to film and literature, but does it apply…
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Recently, some cast members of Fox TV show, Glee have posed for racy photographs for GQ magazine. For the assumedly very few who don’t know, Glee is a comedy/drama set in an American high school. The characters in the ‘glee club’ are often unpopular so they use the club to find friends, and presumably find…
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Lex Rosenberg, in the second installment of her ‘True Blood’ three-part special, compares the protagonist Sookie Stackhouse with ‘The Twilight Saga’s Bella Swan. May the best woman win.
When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships – Andy Warhol. I was a television addict. No. Seriously, I was. I knew what was on at every time of the day. I was my very own TV guide. Most days, I would ‘study’ while watching Dr Phil,…
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Lex Rosenberg, in the first installment of her ‘True Blood’ three-part special, reviews the first season of this delightfully sinful show.
Lex Rosenberg takes a look at Leela – Futurama’s feminist lead.
Bronwyn Webber reviews the latest season of ‘Doctor Who’ – and finds that the Doctor is definitely in.
